Lavatory or shampooing bowl.



y No. 758,447. PATENTED APR. 26,' 1904.

M. HOUSHOLDEB..- A -LAVA'I'ORY 0R SHAMPOOING BOWL. K

-APPLIGATIONA FIL'BD NOV. 27, 1903.

Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT CFFICE.

MINNIE HOUsHOLDER, ,Orv CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAVATORY OR SHAMPOOING BOWL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,447, dated April26, 1904. Application filed November 27, 1903. Serial No. 182,718. (Nomodel.)

T all whom, it puny concern:

Be it known that I, MINNIE HOUSHOLDER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Imr provement in Lavatory or ShampooingBowls,

of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to an improvement in lavatory or shampooing bowlsby the use of which the rinsing of the hair after a shampoo may be donewithout causing pain or discomfort to the customer, as will be hereineX- plained.

It is well known that the operation of rinsing the soap from the hairafter a shampoo is conducted in ladies hair-dressing parlors by seatingthe person in front of a stationary bowl or basin having the usual topslab surrounding the same and holding the head over the bowl while theoperator directs the water upon and through the hair. Unless the head beheld entirely over the bowl which is almost impossible) the face comesdirectly over the front portion of the top slab, and the weight Of thehead then bears upon the nose, thus causing great discomfort, and if thehead be drawn back so that the nose is not in contact with the slab (theforehead resting thereon) this position does not permit the head to beprojected suiiiciently over the bowl, the effect being that a part ofthe soapy water or other liquid would instead of draining into the bowlfall upon the clothing of the person, the effect of which need not bedescribed. The chief cause of this objectionable feature of the ordinarybowl is that the distance from the bowl to the front edge of the topslab is too great, it being from two to five inches.

The object of my invention is to provide a top slab for such bowls inwhich slab the distance between the front of the bowl and the front ofthe slab is reduced at the proper point, thereby permitting a lady torest her forehead upon the slab atthis point and at the same timepermitting the head to project as far as possible over the bowl. Iprefer to accomplish this result by forming in the front or adjacentedge of the slab a recess, which may be of any preferred form. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a top slabformed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is afront elevationthereof, showing also the bowl.

l designates the top slab, which is usually manufactured separately fromthe bowl and fitted thereto in any suitable manner. The recess 2 ispreferably located substantially in front of the center ofthe bowl 3. Asshown, the recess 2 is preferably not semicircular in form, but isslightly angular. Its innermost point is adapted to receive the upperportion of the nose when the forehead is rested upon the portion 4intermediate the recess and the bowl. It is thus Obvious that vthepersons head will be'projected as far as practicable over the bowl, sothat all of the water may be caused to drain thereinto.

5 designates the usual slightly-raised peripheral portion Of the top ofthe slab, which serves to prevent water from running over its edge.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I donot Wish to be understood as limitingmyself to the exact form andconstruction described and shown herein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A slab of the character described for washstands, the same having anenlarged opening therein, the edge portion of the slab surrounding saidopening being arranged to overlie the upper edge of a bowl, and the sideand front edges of the slab having a peripheral portion extendingupwardly therefrom, the forward portion of the slab centrally of theopening therein being recessed from its forward edge toa pointrelatively close to the edge thereof surrounding .said opening, and theperipheral upwardly-extending portion of the slab terminating at saidrecess whereby a smooth flatresting-surface is provided for the foreheadof a user. the recess aording space for the reception of the face of theuser.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

MINNIE HOUSHOLDER. Witnesses:

K. M. IMBODEN, CHARLES I. COBB.

